The closing date is 11 October 2026
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join the newly formed Durban ward located at Clacton and District Community Hospital. Durban ward is a 26 bedded unit which will provide Community step up and step down to patients who have a North East Essex GP.
Community Hospital wards within North East Essex provide care for patients who do not require acute nursing intervention and whose needs cannot be met at home. They also provide palliative or end of life care, recovery from acute illness, rehabilitation and IVABs.
Durban ward is planned to open during November 2026 to help support flow during seasonal pressures. Due to the trusts ambition to support a “home first” approach, Durban ward has potential to transition after the winter period to a Same Day Assessment Unit, providing rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment forappropriate patients, reducing avoidable admissionstothe Colchesteracute site.
You will be a key member of the ward nursing team to ensure high quality care is delivered and will be part of a multi-professional team. You must be patient focused, flexible, adaptable and capable of thinking laterally.
This role is not suitable if you are required to complete OSCE
Main duties of the job
With the guidance of the ward manager and senior nurses, you will be responsible for providing leadership support, teaching within the unit and supporting audit processes. You will use your knowledge and education to enable your colleagues to deliver high quality, individualised care to your patients.
Person Specification
Education and experience –
Essential
- Registered Nurse – full registration
- Teaching & Assessing or willingness to undertake
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Ability to use Word, Power-point, email, Excel
- Demonstrates the ability to work independently using professional knowledge
- Developed communication skills, both oral and written
- Time management skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience within a Nursing/Ward environment
- Keeping accurate records and documentation
- Communicating sensitive information
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing junior member of staff including students
- People Management
- Clinical Knowledge and experience with Information Governance, IV therapy, cannulation, catheterisation,
Knowledge/Understanding
Essential
- Understanding of applicable policies and procedures: – Health & Safety – Risk Management – Clinical Supervision – AED & CPR
- Maintain awareness in professional developments in nursing older people
Personal Attributes/other
Essential
- Promote evidence based practice
- Honesty and integrity
- A role model for change, committed to quality and best practice
- Flexibility with working hours
- Caring and empathetic
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).